Wei Ni

Chapter 148 Return Home
Speechless on the way home.

In the ninth month of late autumn, Xia Houhui returned to Luoyang via Xiaopingjin.

Because they belong to different relationships, Xia Houhui, who was suddenly left alone as the Emperor's personal soldier, suddenly found himself with nowhere to go.

According to convention, after returning from an expedition, soldiers should stay in the military camp to wait for the emperor's review and the temple's reward and punishment. But now the backbone camp is empty~
Moreover, they were all cavalry, and they had no baggage to slow them down, so they traveled very quickly. Qin Lang, who was leading the infantry behind, would still need ten days and a half to see the Luoyang city wall no matter how fast he went!
Doesn't that mean Xia Houhui has to guard the empty camp alone for half a month?

It's not that he can't stand loneliness, it's just that he feels it's not advisable to stick to rules and waste time.

And it would not be appropriate to go and kowtow to you.

At least, it would be inappropriate until the temple has a final conclusion on the merits and rewards of the Northern Expedition to Xianbei.

In order to avoid giving myself an excuse to secretly seek out Emperor Cao Rui to claim credit.

After hesitating in his heart for a moment, Xia Houhui rode his horse to the backbone cavalry camp outside the city. After finding a clerk on duty to register that he had returned to camp and returned his armor to the arsenal, he immediately led two small horses. Ma Ju went to the palace to hand it over to the soldier on duty, and asked him to hand it over to the Prince's Office. Then he left the city and rushed to his own Yangquwu Fort.

Anyway, the tiger and leopard cavalry have all returned, and Emperor Cao Rui will definitely know that he has returned. If anything happens, he will have someone call him. There is no need to go to see him himself.

As for returning home privately, will you be criticized by others for not following the law and being arrogant?
Didn't Qin Lang send him back early on the grounds that he would go to war as soon as he got married?

If there is an impeachment, let the impeacher go to Qin Lang to confront him. No matter how much Qin Lang didn't want to see him, he wouldn't break his promise on such a trivial matter.

Besides, after being the founder of Qiao Pei, isn't it normal to act a little domineering?

And who would be so short-sighted as to impeach him when he had just returned from an expedition, and not worry about leaving an unflattering impression on the emperor?

setting sun
The setting sun hangs in the west, allowing red clouds to emerge from the seams between the mountains and the sky, slowly dyeing the world red.

Xia Houhui, who was galloping all the way, arrived at Yangquwu Fort before the evening eclipse.

After being away from home for several months, nothing seems to have changed. It is still quiet and peaceful.

Among the wheat fields opened up on both sides of the Luoshui River, many tenant farmers were greedy for the sun and were hunched over in the wheat fields to feel the joy of the harvest. Behind them were young children in twos and threes, looking for their whereabouts noisily. Ears of wheat on the ground.

In the distance of the wheat field, there are houses surrounded by rising smoke.

The smoke from some houses has become very light, and women can be vaguely seen on the fence in the front yard. From a distance, they can be heard shouting at the top of their lungs to greet the men and their children, as well as the sounds of chickens and dogs playing around in the house, filling the streets. middle.

"The master of the house is back!"

Sun Lou, the steward who was supervising the tenants to harvest wheat outside the fields, hurried to the roadside to wait after hearing the sound of horse hooves. He waved and greeted Xiahou Hui happily from a distance. When Xia Houhui arrived, he grabbed the reins and stabilized the horse. Without waiting for Xia Houhui to ask questions, he babbled directly, "Master, let me take the horse to the stable. I don't know that the master has returned and the evening meal has not been prepared yet. I wonder if the master of the house has anything you want to eat, so I’ll tell the cook to prepare it.”

"Haha~"

Xia Houhui jumped off his horse, scratched Wusun Liangju's forehead to comfort him, and then responded gently, "No need to be extravagant, just enough."

"it is good."

Steward Sun Lou nodded quickly and responded.

He had just taken two steps with Wusun Liangju in his hand, and seemed to remember something. He turned around and shouted to Xia Houhui, who was already striding towards Wubao, "By the way, head of the family, the queen should be at Wubao at this time." In the garden of the inner house.”

"got it."

Xia Houhui waved his hand without looking back, and kept walking.

Pass through the front hall courtyard of Wubao, turn into the small courtyard of the back house, and follow the corridor to the flower garden built with the small pavilion as the center.

This was originally Xia Houhui's martial arts performance place, where he practiced archery on a daily basis.

But since Wang Yuanji got married and claimed that she did not want to stay in a small house in Luoyang City and lived in Wubao, this place became her happy place in the afternoon.

Of course, the decorations in the small garden are all according to her preferences.

I saw some flowers and trees planted here at random, neither high nor big. Small clusters are dotted on both sides of the corridor, extending to the eaves and pillars of the small pavilion.

The pavilion is very small and can only accommodate a piano stand.

Therefore, some stone and wooden tables were also placed outside the flower garden, with a small pool of rocks to lean on, dwarf bamboos to support, and miscellaneous tea baskets, clay stoves, writing slips, etc. placed on them.

At first glance, Xiao Ran is cute. If you are still enough to watch it carefully, you will feel simple, quiet, leisurely and broad-minded.

Wang Yuanji, who was dressed in daily attire at home, was sitting in front of the stone and wooden desk. She was writing with one hand and supporting the desk with the other. She tilted her head slightly, as if she was thinking about something, and was completely unaware of Xia Houhui's slow approach. She must have been making tea, as a faint vapor rose from the clay stove beside her, making it even harder to see the expression on her side face.

"Come and make tea when you have time, and enjoy the fragrance of books as a companion. You are so elegant and happy!"

Xia Houhui, who stood behind him and watched silently for a while, finally couldn't help but speak out to break the silence.

"what!"

With a slight exclamation, Wang Yuanji paused her writing hand and turned her head to look at the sound.

When he saw Xia Houhui right in front of him, his eyes suddenly burst into endless joy, mixed with disbelief, "My husband is back!"

So she said.

He quickly stood up and came closer, looking around Xiahou Hui.

He also didn't forget to lift up Xia Houhui's hands and roll up his sleeves to take a look to see if there were any traces of knife wounds or arrow wounds.

Xia Houhui just stood quietly, cooperatively letting her do what she wanted.

After working for a while and confirming that no scars were found, she exhaled with relief, raised her head and looked at Xia Houhui with a smile like a flower, "A few days ago, His Majesty issued an order to hang the head of the traitor chief on the city wall. Everyone in the government and the public knew about the Northern Expedition." Xianbei is victorious. I also thought that my husband would return, but I didn't expect it to be so fast. "

"Well, I came back first, and the army will be later."

Unable to help but rub her head, Xia Houhui pulled her to sit down and said, "Xijun frowned in thought just now. He didn't even notice that I had been approaching for a long time. Is there something unpleasant?"

"Nothing. The autumn harvest has been put into storage one after another, and I have nothing to do, so I asked Manager Sun to send over the accounts for calculation."

Wang Yuanji replied with a smile, and then she smiled again, and said with some sadness, "Husband has become a lot darker, and it seems that he has lost some weight. By the way, are you hungry? I'll go get someone to prepare food right now. "

"It'll be later, I'm not hungry."

Shaking his head slightly, Xia Houhui tugged on his clothes and said, "Xijun, I'd better let someone boil the water first, and I'll take a bath first. I've been wearing this military uniform for several months, and I feel like I'm getting rancid."

After what he said, Wang Yuanji realized that her husband's military uniform was very dirty and had many damaged parts.

The military life was miserable, with only winter and summer clothes all year round.

Sometimes during successive years of expeditions and long wars, it was common for soldiers to have lice-infested armor and ragged linings.

"it is good."

After nodding her head, Wang Yuanji stood up and called the maid waiting outside the flower garden to make arrangements. Then she turned back to Xia Houhui and wrinkled her nose playfully, giggling, "My husband is a little bit rotten! It's all so bad for me." I don’t want to drink the tea I just made!”

"How dare you despise your husband!?"

"Well, I just dislike it!"

"Okay, let's watch~"

"Hee hee~"

A little farewell is better than a wedding.

The next day, until three o'clock in the morning, Xia Houhui was still asleep in bed.

First, I worked at night.

First, after returning home, there is no need to close one's eyes while sleeping like when fighting. The nerves are always tense. You can completely put everything aside and sleep peacefully.

However, he was quickly awakened.

Emperor Cao Rui summoned him to see him.

As for Xia Houhui, who woke up from his sleep disturbed, his first reaction was not that the emperor held him inexplicably high, but full of resentment: I didn't come back until nearly dusk yesterday, and today I was summoned to the palace, why are you so eager? !

(End of this chapter)